Happy New Year! I am looking forward to the upcoming 2018 Big 12 Trombone Conference at Texas Tech University, where I'll be performing on the Faculty Showcase Recital and judging the student solo competition. This is a great event that I've enjoyed attending for several years!

I'm looking forward to working on and giving the premiere of a new work for alto trombone and piano by composer Brandon Nelson later this year. The working title is Comes Aether! - paean for alto trombone and piano. I really enjoy adding new music to the repertory, and hope that this can be the first of several new works to "bridge the gap" in the available music for the alto trombone.

My season with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra has been a total blast! We've played some great repertoire so far, and the best is yet to come!